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Odisha – Headmaster kills a baby boy delivered by a tribal student #WTFnews

On 9th February, 2014, a tribal girl student of Class- V delivered a baby boy in her school hostel. The school authority denied that they were not aware of her pregnancy. The Headmaster killed the new born baby and buried… Continue Reading →

Prisons in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Odisha see a wave of hunger strikes

Aarefa Johari ·   Since January 26, close to 500 prisoners in the jails of Jharkhand, Nagpur and Odisha have been on hunger strikes to highlight gaps in India’s criminal justice system   On Monday, 169 prisoners in Maharashtra’s Nagpur Central Jail… Continue Reading →

#India – Prevalence of Witches in Odisha #Vaw

THE PREVALENCE OF WITCHES A lot more than just legislation is needed to curb the frequent incidents of witch-hunting in Odisha, writes Anusua Mukherjee The infamous medieval treatise on witch-hunting, the Malleus Maleficarum (The Witch Hammer, 1486), speaks in the authoritative voice of… Continue Reading →

Read the Odisha illegal mining report that the Congress government doesn’t want you to see

  by Ashish Khetan ([email protected]) – on 26/01/2014   The MB Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Odisha, exposes how private mining companies earned thousands of crores of rupees by illegally extracting precious iron ore and manganese ore from the mines in… Continue Reading →

Press Release – On Republic day Mass Hunger Strike by the prisoners of Beharmpur Prison begins

  At least 10 number prisoners whom are booked in connecting with Maoist related cases has decided and informed higher officials trough the Superintendent of Berhampur Circle Jail to go for Mass Hunger Strike from tomorrow for their constitutional and… Continue Reading →

POSCO – Shove Comes To Push – Bend It Like Moily

REUTERS (FROM OUTLOOK 27 JANUARY 2014) Steel vs steely resolve A Dongriya Kondh girl expresses solidarity with the anti-Posco cause POSCO Shove Comes To Push The real story of a ‘decisive’ UPA blowing away the eight-year cloud around Posco’s project LOLA… Continue Reading →

Why Shah commission report on Odisha Minging will gather dust

Jan 18:  January 18, 2014 h Shishir Asthana The Shah Commission report on iron ore mining has the potential to cripple the steel sector, with the impact more devastating than the ban on mining in Karnataka and Goa. The report… Continue Reading →

#India – Tribals seek complete closure of Lanjigarh alumina refinery

STAFF REPORTER + They see a threat to Niyamgiri Hills despite MoEF turning down bauxite mining in the area The alumina refinery of Vedanta at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. —file photo by K.R. Deepak The Niyamgiri Surakshya Manch (NSS) has… Continue Reading →

#India – Odisha villagers began indefinite stir in Posco project area till their demands are met

Paradeep: Villagers belonging to the proposed Posco project area and cutting across political affiliations on Monday converged at the Ersama block office and began an indefinite stir demanding fulfillment of their demands before beginning of the project work. The protesters included… Continue Reading →

#Goodnews – Env Ministry rejects Vedanta’s mining proposal in Niyamgiri

By Urmi A Goswami & MEERA MOHANTY, ET Bureau | 11 Jan, 2014,   READ MORE ON » Vedanta Aluminium Limited | vedanta | VAL | rights | Niyamgiri | net worth | Insurability   Environment Ministry today rejected Vedanta’s controversial bauxite mining proposal in Odisha‘s Niyamgiri, official sources said NEW DELHI: Environment Minister… Continue Reading →

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